Collapsible wardrobe-rack.



No. 867,567.- PATENTED 001'. a, 1907'.

' F. J. BAST. I

GOLLAPSIBLE WARDROBE RACK. APPLICATION FILED mm: 19. 1907.

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FRANK J. EAST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAPSIBLE WARDROBE-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1907.

Application filed June 19,1907. Serial No- 379,679.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, FRANK J. BAST, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Wardrobe-Racks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collapsible wardrobe racks for the support of garments and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and eflicient wardrobe rack which admits of expansion in order that garments may be removed and replaced with very little trouble and without injury to the same and Which, when collapsed will support a comparatively large number of garments For the purpose of illustration the reference numeral.

1 indicates the parts of a room or wardrobe on to which the rack is fastened.

2 indicates a rod, which inner end forms a hook 3, and in the instance illustrated the rod is supported by means of the screw eyes 4, 4 and the screw 5. Slidably carried on said rod is a number of toggle links 6, supported by the eye bolts 7 and which carry the double hooks 8 and the single hooks 9, and it will be observed that the outer eye bolt 7, is outside of the outer screw eye 4. When it is desired to remove some of the garments from the rack, the same is pulled out or expanded until the one eye bolt 7 strikes the front screw eye 4 as shown in Fig. 2. In this figure it is clearly seen that in the expanded position the rack is amply supported by the eyebolts and further, that there is no danger of the togglelinks running off the rod as the front screw eye acts as a stop. In this position the garments can easily be inspected and handled without trouble or injurious results, and garments hung on the hook 3 may easily be reached. It should also be noted that by reason of the double hooks 8 being innermost the greatest weight is innermost and there is very little or no sagging of the links.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a convenient form of brace for supporting the rack against a wall only.

From the above it will be understood that a large number of garments can be supported by this rack within a narrow space, and at the same time by expanding the rack, easy access to each and every garment is assured, while the operation of the rack is of the simplest.

The form in which this invention is embodied admits of many changes as to size and shape and finish of material and I do not wish to be restricted to the preadjacent the ends thereof, toggle links slidably carried by-said rod, by means of screw eyes, one of which is intermediate the rod supportingscrew eyes and hooks carried by said links.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 17 day of June, 1907.

FRANK J. BAST.

Witnesses 2 KATHERINE BAS'I', IVAN KONIGSBERG. 

